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.TH qstop 8B "6 May 2020" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
.B qstop 
\- prevent PBS jobs in the specified queue from being scheduled or routed
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B qstop 
<destination> [<destination> ...]
.br
.B qstop
--version

.SH DESCRIPTION

If 
.I destination 
is an execution queue, the 
.B qstop 
command stops the
scheduler from scheduling jobs residing in 
.I destination.  
If
.I destination 
is a routing queue, the server stops routing jobs from
that queue.  Sets the value of the queue's 
.I started 
attribute to 
.I False.

.B Required Privilege
.br
You must have PBS Operator or Manager privilege to run this command.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "--version" 8
The 
.B qstop
command returns its PBS version information and exits.
This option can only be used alone

.SH  OPERANDS
The 
.B qstop 
command accepts one or more space-separated
.I destination
operands.  The operands take one of three forms:
.br
.I <queue name>
.RS 3
Stops scheduling or routing from the specified queue.
.RE

.I @<server name>
.RS 3
Stops scheduling or routing from all queues at the specified server.
.RE

.I <queue name>@<server name>
.RS 3
Stops scheduling or routing from the specified queue at the specified server.
.RE

To stop scheduling at all queues at the default server, use the 
.B qmgr
command:
.RS 3
.B Qmgr: set queue @default started=false
.RE

.SH STANDARD ERROR
The 
.B qstop
command writes a diagnostic message to standard error for each error occurrence.

.SH EXIT STATUS
.IP Zero 8
Upon successful processing of all operands

.IP "Greater than zero" 8
If the 
.B qstop 
command fails to process any operand

.SH SEE ALSO
pbs_server(8B), qstart(8B), and qmgr(8B)
